The 1988 London Marathon was the eighth running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 17 April. The elite men's race was won by Denmark's Henrik Jørgensen in a time of 2:10:20 hours and the women's race was won by Norway's Ingrid Kristiansen in 2:25:41.

8th London Marathon
VenueLondon, United Kingdom
Date17 April 1988
Champions
MenHenrik Jørgensen (2:10:20)
WomenIngrid Kristiansen (2:25:41)
Wheelchair menTed Vince (2:01:37)
Wheelchair womenKaren Davidson (2:41:45)
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In the wheelchair races, Canadian Ted Vince (2:01:37) and Britain's Karen Davidson (2:41:45) set course records in their wins of the men's and women's divisions, respectively. This was the first time a non-British athlete won one of wheelchair events.[1]

Around 73,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 29,979 had their applications accepted and 22,469 started the race. A total of 20,932 runners finished the race – the first time the marathon had over 20,000 people achieve that.[2]

Results

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Henrik Jørgensen   Denmark 2:10:20
  Kevin Forster   United Kingdom 2:10:52
  Kazuyoshi Kudo   Japan 2:10:59
4 Hugh Jones   United Kingdom 2:11:08
5 Dave Long   United Kingdom 2:11:33
6 Allister Hutton   United Kingdom 2:11:42
7 Herbert Steffny   West Germany 2:11:54
8 Cai Shangyan   China 2:11:58
9 John Wheway   United Kingdom 2:12:13
10 Charlie Spedding   United Kingdom 2:12:28
11 Dominique Chauvelier   France 2:12:39
12 Steve Brace   United Kingdom 2:12:58
13 Gerhard Hartmann   Austria 2:13:33
14 Kenneth Stuart   United Kingdom 2:13:36
15 Jose Carlos da Silva   Brazil 2:13:42
16 Art Boileau   Canada 2:13:44
17 Dave Edge   Canada 2:14:10
18 Karl Harrison   United Kingdom 2:14:27
19 Mehmet Terzi   Turkey 2:14:51
20 Peter Lyrenmann   Switzerland 2:14:55

Women

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Ingrid Kristiansen   Norway 2:25:41
  Ann Ford   United Kingdom 2:30:38
  Evy Palm   Sweden 2:31:35
4 Susan Wightman   United Kingdom 2:32:09
5 Susan Crehan   United Kingdom 2:35:10
6 Tove Lorentzen   Denmark 2:35:52
7 Jacqueline Gareau   Canada 2:36:04
8 Angie Hulley   United Kingdom 2:36:11
9 Rosemary Ellis   United Kingdom 2:37:10
10 Wang Qinghuan   China 2:37:42
11 Alison Gooderham   United Kingdom 2:37:49
12 Sheila Catford   United Kingdom 2:38:18
13 Dimitra Papaspirou   Greece 2:40:04
14 Anne Corneliussen   Norway 2:40:40
15 Oddrun Hovsengen   Norway 2:40:48
16 Heather MacDuff   United Kingdom 2:41:02
17 Anne Hannam   New Zealand 2:41:20
18 Mary O'Connor   New Zealand 2:42:25
19 Anita-Lynn Nielsen   Denmark 2:42:47
20 Zehava Shmueli   Israel 2:43:26

Wheelchair men

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Ted Vince   Canada 2:01:37
  Mike Bishop   United Kingdom 2:01:42
  Chris Hallam   United Kingdom 2:04:39
4 Kevin Breen   Ireland 2:21:44
5 Ivan Newman   United Kingdom 2:22:58
6 David Todd   United Kingdom 2:25:06
7 Ton Bonte   Netherlands 2:26:17
8 John Harris   United Kingdom 2:27:51
9 Colin Price   United Kingdom 2:32:26
10 Mark Agar   United Kingdom 2:32:39

Wheelchair women

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Karen Davidson   United Kingdom 2:41:45
  Josie Cichockyj   United Kingdom 3:13:27
  Collette Rush   United Kingdom 3:25:49

References

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  1. ^ 2015 London Marathon Media Guide[permanent dead link]. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  2. ^ Stats and Figures Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
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